Your Charles Best Digital Portfolio

Welcome to your Digital Portfolio at Dr. Charles Best. We provide a unique and innovative digital culture for all students to learn in. We are a 1:1 school which means each and every student and staff member uses a device to enhance teaching and learning, and most importantly, help prepare our students with tools and skills to be successful in the future. In order to ensure the success of the 1:1 program we have put in place a variety of support systems.

If you ever need assistance with technology please visit the Digital Literacy Room beside room 202.

Edublogs

Our school uses Edublogs to document and showcase your learning and experiences at Dr. Charles Best. You will use your blog to post work and assignments for classes, to post about your learning and experiences in your portfolio, and write reflections based on the Core Competencies.

Get Edublog support here: CampusPress User Guides

Office 365

All of our staff and students have FREE access to O365 tools. Our school uses these tools as one of our foundational platforms.

Coquitlam Open Learning – Applications of Digital Literacy 10

At Dr. Charles Best, Grade 9 students will earn four credits for their work in developing digital literacy skills in the course, Applications of Digital Literacy 10. In their classes, students will be required to demonstrate the ability to efficiently and effectively navigate digital technologies while behaving ethically, responsibly and protecting personal security and privacy.

Digital Footprint

A digital footprint is the collection of all the traces you leave in electronic environments as you use or move through them. Some is content you actively volunteer—like your Facebook profile. Other material is passive—the cookies a site stores in your browser, the content your district collects about your use of their equipment, etc. All this data can be aggregated to build a profile of you and your behavior.

(Courtesy of http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/04/a-great-guide-on-teaching-students.html)

Tips for Creating a Positive Digital Footprint

Always THINK
Never post anything that you might find embarrassing later.
Be careful with the pictures you post on your public profiles. Remember others will see them and judge you based on their content.
Change the privacy settings on your social networking sites so that only your Friends can see your information
Do not disclose your personal address, phone number, passwords. Bank card numbers…etc even in private messages. There is always the possibility of somebody hacking into your account and finding them.
Do not post things to bully, hurt, blackmail, insult, or afflict any kind of harm on others
Always keep in mind that once information has been posted online, it can be almost impossible to remove because of archiving and file sharing. Even though you deactivate your accounts, the information may still be retrieved by others.

(Courtesy of http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/04/a-great-guide-on-teaching-students.html)

Communication

(Communication and collaboration)

I demonstrated the ability to be able to communicate and collaborate with others when participating in and facilitating reading circles in EFP 11. My group members and I shared our thoughts and ideas and asked thought-provoking questions to make interactive and engaging discussions in each class.
Together, we each took the responsibility of a role, taking advice from each other along the way.
Our joint efforts and mutual support resulted in highly analytical conversations that went in depth on the book while still being enjoyable.

Reflection

(Critical thinking and creative thinking)

I showed creative thinking this semester in my French class when planning and making my French vlog. Together with my partner, we took the time to find the perfect topic for the vlog and came up with creative ways to edit and present our creation. We were all quick to come to compromises, while still thinking logically about the due date, which made for very compatible teamwork.
We used each other’s ideas to develop our own, making for a creative and diverse video that showed our engagement in French culture.

Personal and Social

(Social/personal responsibility, and personal/cultural identity)

I showed lots of social responsibility this year in Chemistry, in various moments throughout the semester. Firstly, I celebrated my efforts and successes in the course, and I took the time to recognize how hard I’ve worked when I got good marks.
I also showed social responsibility by dealing with issues in a fitting matter, by always staying level-headed Whether it was making sure to follow up with the teacher on topics that I didn’t quite understand, or taking the time to talk with peers to ask for support, I always took responsibility for myself by taking care of challenges along the way.

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